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The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and Body Politics in the Age of Empire

The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and Body Politics in the Age of Empire

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General Gender StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0814712665
ISBN13: 9780814712665
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Mar 1 1997
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.81
Language: English

During the early 1800s, inventor James Watt occupied his final years attempting to develop a mechanical system for copying sculptures of the human body. Though Watt's sculpture machine was never completed (and would, in any event, have eventually been made obsolete with the advent of photography), Watt's quest serves as an incisive metaphor for the subsequent body politics of the nineteenth century. As the modern world emerged, contemporary conceptions of physicality remained rooted in the classical tradition as they were simultaneously influenced by the technological forces of industry and revolution.

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